Escarpia laminata

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| genus = Escarpia

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| authority = Jones, 1985{{cite web |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=browser&id=264983#ct |title=WoRMS taxon tree |website=World Register of Marine Species |access-date=19 July 2017 }}

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Escarpia laminata is one of the longest living tube worms that can be found in the cold seeps at a depth of 1000m to 3000m from sea level in the Gulf of Mexico. These organisms often reach age of between 100–200 years, with some of them determined to be more than 300 years old.{{cite journal |last1=Durkin |first1=Alanna |last2=Fisher |first2=Charles R. |last3=Cordes |first3=Erik E. |date=8 July 2017 |title=Extreme longevity in a deep-sea vestimentiferan tubeworm and its implications for the evolution of life history strategies |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=104 |issue=7–8 |pages=63 |doi=10.1007/s00114-017-1479-z |pmid=28689349 |bibcode=2017SciNa.104...63D |s2cid=11287549 }} It is possible that some may be aged 1,000 years or more.{{cite web |url= https://www.newscientist.com/article/2141387-giant-deep-sea-worms-may-live-to-be-1000-years-old-or-more/ |title=Giant deep-sea worms may live to be 1000 years old or more |date= 20 July 2017 |work=New Scientist |first=Karl |last=Gruber}} The species was first classified in 1985.{{Cite web|title=Escarpia laminata Jones, 1985|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2307340|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.gbif.org|language=en}}